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Becca Thorne
@beccathorne.bsky.social
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Parent of 2 wonderful autistic boys, accidental artist, occasional writer & mountain-lover (Afraid of heights). #cPTSD https://artachart.com/
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Becca Thorne @beccathorne.bsky.social · Feb 28
An updated image of some recent work, with me for scale!
A photo of the artist (needing a hair cut) with a collection of recent paintings!
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November 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Call out for this wonderful sound project in Peru! Details here or check out @archieislander.bsky.social for other info!
archieislander.bsky.social Clare Archibald @archieislander.bsky.social · 3d
On 30th November audio of 141 women (inclusive) first heard in 2021 in Galloway Forest, Scotland will play in the Jardín Botánico, Trujillo, Perú, building dialogue and community beyond borders and language with new audio from those living in Perú as part of the Munanqui Festival de Mujeres Artistas
November 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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My other half is currently on a train from Geneva to Venice 🙄
a woman is sitting on a couch and saying `` i 'm so happy and not at all jealous ''
ALT: a woman is sitting on a couch and saying `` i 'm so happy and not at all jealous ''
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November 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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These six original oil paintings are still available on my website. Go grab one.
November 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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I love this
November 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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A long day, but grabbed some painting time before the light became too poor. Oil on panel, 40 x 50cm

#oilpainting #landscape #hills
November 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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'Rain In London'

An iconic location, and for good reason.
November 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Really delighted to have had my painting, Early Light, selected as part of the Even in the Darkest Times exhibition at Ranelagh Arts in Dublin, to raise funds for MSF in Gaza. Do get there if you can: Runs from December 5th - January 9th. A minimum of 40% of work sold will be donated.
Simple landscape composition in limited palette of greens and golds, depicting a ridge line with early morning light filtering down and lighting up the hillside.
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Vote for The Search by Paul Besley, it really is a cracking read.
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The search book by Paul Besley.
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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One of the most predictable aspects of Trump the narcissist is an attraction to winners like Mamdani. Like if he associates with them he can lift his own stock.
Trump dressing like Mamdani the day after he gushed about him when they met in the Oval office
November 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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So close to £600!
givewheel.com/fundraising/...
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November 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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I was curious after doing a similar commission, so hand finished one of the Klimt my buns prints with gold ink to give it the full Gustav style Midas touch. Might do a limited run.

If anyone would like it, shout up BUN ME below

A4 - £55 + uk postage

#bunny #art #bsnm #artforsale #ukgiftam
November 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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I can’t thank you all enough for the response to this - amazing! Please support if you can. Here’s some more information about the cause: www.goldfromthestone.org.uk
November 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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We're constantly being told that pollution prevention measures are working and more time is needed to show results. But the rivers don't lie.

www.independent.ie/regionals/co...
Half of Cork farms inspected by Council failed water quality protection regulations
Half of the farms inspected by Cork County Council under the National Agriculture Inspection Programme (NAIP) this year have failed to comply with the government’s Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) reg...
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November 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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The Irish Times published and lauded John Collison's op-ed, but did they fact-check it?

Andrew Jackson did. Thoroughly.

If you spent time reading the original, you'd want to give time to this counterpoint as well.
November 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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I had the a welcome opportunity to move beyond the standard Punch & Judy media setup to properly look under the derogation hood, & explore why the Government measures are failing our waters & failing our farmers.

www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Nitrates derogation
Back in the early nineties all across the EU a rule was introduced to protect rivers and streams from agricultural run off. At the last count 7,000 out of 137,000 farms in Ireland had received a derog...
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November 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Imagine, if you will, that NASA updated its website to suggest gravity might not exist, prompting CalTech and CERN to release statements saying, "With great sadness, we can no longer recommend listening to NASA."

This is what's happening in epidemiology.
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Over the 19 years Ireland has had a derogation from the nitrates directive we have backed ourselves in to a corner. Which now leaves us having productive and economically viable farms or cleaner rivers and lakes, but not both.

Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Nitrates derogation
Back in the early nineties all across the EU a rule was introduced to protect rivers and streams from agricultural run off. At the last count 7,000 out of 137,000 farms in Ireland had received a derog...
www.rte.ie
November 22, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Two more road deaths in urban areas in the last 24 hours. A failure to introduce default 30 km/h speed limits in Built Up Areas reflects poorly on the Irish Government. #VisionZero road deaths? A pipe-dream unless attitudes change. www.rte.ie/news/regiona...
Two dead in separate collisions in Waterford and Louth
An 18-year-old man and a woman in her 70s have died in separate collisions in Waterford and Louth.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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New text @cop30brazil.bsky.social provides a glimpse of where #COP30 might land.

Some reflections on references to science and evidence. /1

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November 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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I think this painting might be finished, but I've been staring at it for too long! Oil on panel, 70 x 100cm.
#oilpainting #landscape #hills #moonlight #irishart #maybefinished 🤔
Landscape in limited palette of Payne's Grey, Raw Umber, Green Gold, Old Gamboge & Warm White. Rolling hills dominate the composition: largely dark on the left side of the pass, but with rock and flora detail; Suggestion of a small cottage nestled into the lower hillside, then most of the right half of the panel lit up by moonlight. Small strip of dark night sky at the top, with bright white cloud in front of the moon and a dark line along the ridge, emphasising the curve.
November 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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On BBC Radio 4's Rare Earth next week we'll be covering urban wildlife, and we'd love to hear about the fun/creative/unusual things happening near you to make space for wildlife in towns/cities. Do reply to this and let us know!
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mini-meadows, bat boxes, rooftop refuges... What are your favourite or most creative examples of people making space for wildlife in towns/cities? We’re covering urban wildlife on next week’s programme & we’d love to hear about what is already out there!
November 22, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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🎧 Housing podcast, my chat with @tonygroves.bsky.social (no paywall, starts with 60 seconds of Bernadette Devlin McAliskey)

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...
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The Seven Stages of Housing Crisis Grief
Podcast Episode · The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack · 21/11/2025 · 36m
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November 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Painting offers a feeling of motion you just don't get from photography.

I love paintings of water like this, exquisite.
beccathorne.bsky.social Becca Thorne @beccathorne.bsky.social · 3d
Lovely people of Bluesky: Please support my prize draw! I'm giving away recent oil painting, "Water Washed By Wind", to raise money for Care Leavers this Christmas & will ship it (free) anywhere in the world. Entry is free, but any donations would be fantastic. www.givewheel.com/fundraising/...
Dramatic seascape in oil (on primed hessian): Huge, foamy waves lit up by sun or moonlight breaking through stormy clouds. Traces of ochre across the sky, reflected through the water, with odd patches of indigo.
November 22, 2025 at 8:44 AM